Instructional Software List

HPCSD will not be adding any new software or website resources to the approved list at this time. Please do not use unapproved resources.

Many companies are offering free trials or low cost options to "support us in supplying distance learning opportunities". While these offers initially sound wonderful, the District has a responsibility to protect student and family information. Some software and websites data mine and sell student and family information, or the fine print indicates a free resource that may end up billing families or the District at a later date.

We are asking teachers to use the sites we have already approved and have used in the past including: Khan Academy, ReadWorks, NewsELA Pro Suite, Discovery Ed, RAZ/Headsprout, Science 21, etc.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

What it is

A collection of 20+ desktop and mobile apps and services for photography, design, video, web, UX and more.

Audience

Students & Staff 8-12

PLTW Courses, grades 8-12

Graphics @ FDR

Why use it

Required by PLTW courses

Industry standard in graphic communications

Limited number of licenses

ASSISTments is a tool for assigning work that supports greater student learning through the use of scaffolding, hints, and immediate feedback. At its core, the site is an online form of homework with the added optional perk of help in the form of hints, videos, links, and more embedded in each question.

Most of the databases require a username and password - please contact your building library staff for access

Over 180,000 assignable, editable activities and resources for K-12, based on core curriculum concepts and popular topics in math, science, social studies, ELA, and health. Fun videos, interactive activities, or complete, ready-to-use lesson plans,

FlipGrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

Great Minds® is a Prekindergarten through Grade 12 curricula creator headquartered in Washington, D.C. Great Minds designed these curricula to emphasize the development of essential skills via content-rich, knowledge-building tasks. This approach is based on research showing what works to achieve these goals. The curricula are written for every student, including students with dyslexia, those who absorb concepts unconventionally, and English learners.

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games, "Kahoots", are multiple-choice quizzes that are user-generated and can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot app.

Audience

Staff, to create games

Students, to participate in teacher-created games

Notes

This is a free resource only; it is not purchased or supported by HPCSD.

Login with Google

For Staff, please review the privacy terms - there are some concerns around data proivacy for those who login.

Students should not create Kahoot accounts due to data privacy issues.

PDF & document annotation app for schools. Improve engagement and interaction in the classroom with Kami as your digital pen and paper.

Sal is doing Daily Homeroom livestreams on the Khan Academy Facebook page and Youtube channel to create a sense of community and to answer questions. Teachers, parents, and students can join us every weekday at noon PT / 3 pm ET.

Leveled Teaching Materials - thousands of leveled resources in multiple formats and content covering multiple areas. Delivered entirely online, our resources can be printed, projected, and used online by teachers and students in the classroom, at home, or on the go.

Listenwise is an award-winning listening skills platform. We harness the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students. Our collection of podcasts and public radio stories keep teaching connected to the real world and build student listening skills at the same time.

Math Bits is a website filled with teaching resources for use with students. These are downloadable resources that may not be posted on websites or online forums.

Audience

Staff 9-12

Notes:

Please review the fair use policy - you can link to the resources, but you may not post the resources!!

These are downloadable resources for teachers

Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint...

Audience

All students and staff, aside from Chromebooks

Notes

Installed on in-district desktop computer

Not available on Chromebooks

Swank Movie Licensing provides access to 1000's of movie and TV titles for showing in the public school setting. Please note that only certain studios are represented. Stay copyright compliant!

Audience

Instructional staff, administrators k-12

Notes

Before showing an in-class move, check the title to insure you are legally covered!

Naviance is a comprehensive college, career and life readiness solution that helps districts and schools align student strengths and interests to postsecondary goals, improving student outcomes and connecting learning to life.

Audience

Students and Staff 6-12

Description

Access via Clever!

Sign-ins are limited to students and staff in grades 6-12

NewsELA is a website that provides access to 20 genres of content at 5 reading levels. Standards-aligned reading activities.

Noteflight is music notation software used by our music staff with students.

Audience

6-12 Students and Staff

Notes

At login screen, click "Login with Google"

Limited licenses are managed by the Fine & Performing Arts Department

NWEA Skills Navigator helps pinpoint discrete skill gaps to focus instruction and close achievement gaps. This in-classroom tool is ideally suited for use with targeted small groups and individual students.

PLTW is Project Lead the Way. Students enroll in HMS Gateway, FDR Computer Science, Introduction to Engineering, or Princples of Enginerring.

Audience

PLTW Students and Staff, 8-12

Notes

Logins managed by PLTW Teachers

Please see the following potential corrections the students can make to resolve their log in issue they are experiencing at this time. If none of these suggestions resolve the issue, please send me a screenshot of the issue from one of the students. Thank you.

First, ensure you are using Google Chrome as your internet browser.

Second, be sure you are manually typing inmy.pltw.orginto the browser bar to navigate to the site. If you are using a bookmark, older link, or Google search to navigate to the site, this can take you to either an outdated version of the site that will not allow you to log in or to our Development site that will also not allow you to log in. The student will also need to click on I am a Student to login.

Third, clear Chrome's cache. This can correct many issues if you are experiencing log in troubles. I have provided instructions below on how you can do this.

On your computer, open Chrome.

At the top right, click More (3 vertical dots icon).

Click More tools Clear browsing data.

At the top, choose a time range. SelectAll Time.

Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.

Click Clear data.

After clearing cache, try to log in on a new tab.

Fourth, be sure your clock on your computer is set to the correct time. If the time is showing correctly, double check to make sure it is not showing AM when it should be showing PM. An incorrect time on the computer's clock can cause an error where the log in screen appears to refresh instead of logging you into your account.

Prodigy is a free, Pokemon-style math game that has been proven to improve student scores and confidence! It features content from each of the five major strands.

Master course in Screencastify: A 1-hour certification course covering the basics of Screencastify and popular ways to use video with students, colleagues, and parents.

Seesaw is a platform for student engagement that inspires students of all ages to do their best, and saves teachers time! Students use creative tools to take pictures, draw, record videos and more to capture learning in a portfolio. Teachers find or create activities to share with students.

SmartMusic is online software. Select pieces from within the system for assignments and include instructions and a deadline. Assign points to the SmartMusic assessment score and recording evaluation and listen to and evaluate students' performances. The tool offers playing input from both SmartMusic and teachers, who can monitor students' progress over time.

StatsMedic is an online resource for teaching out of the book The Practice of Statistics. Tips and tricks and an activity for each lesson and a daily plan to maximize student learning. A blog post for every day of the school year!

TumbleDeluxe collection is a core collection. There are over 550 titles which include animated talking picture books, books in English, French and Spanish, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos.

THE WJ4 Scoring is scoring and reporting for the Woodcock-Johnson®IV (WJ IV™), WJ IV Tests of Early Cognitive and Academic Development (ECAD®), WJ IV Interpretation & Instructional Interventions Program™ (WIIIP®), and the Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey®(WMLS-R NU and WMLS™ III) from any computer with Internet access.

Audience

Psychologists, Reklated Service Providers

Notes

Access is managed by the Pupil Services Department

WorldBook is an online encyclopedia. Note there are different versions for each grade-level:

Zearn is a math reinforcement website. Students should begin class with whole-group instruction. Next, students get in-class time working independently or with one or two partners on digital lessons, then work in small groups with a teacher to "deepen, extend, and remediate" based on detailed reports of student progress.

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